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Christy Girl

Original Patriotic League vintage poster Christy Girl
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Spokane, WA
Christy girl is standing behind the U. S. Flag draped onto your shoulders. The box in the bottom reads
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1910s American Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Americans All! Victory Liberty Loan Original Vintage WWI Poster by Christy 1919
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Boca Raton, FL
. From there, he continued to illustrate for these magazines using his famous "Christy Girl" character, a
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1910s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Redbook Story Illustration
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"Christy Girls" for McClure's and other magazines. Christy's painting techniques was sumptuous
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1920s Romantic Paintings

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Board, Charcoal

The Grand Entrance
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
his girl] became famous, and from then on, he specialized in drawing and painting beautiful "Christy
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Early 1900s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Portrait of Woman
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"Christy Girls" for McClure's and other magazines. Christy's painting techniques was sumptuous
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1910s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Gouache

Original Americans All! Honor Roll - Victory Libery Loan vintage poster
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Spokane, WA
classic Christy Girl draped in the American flag, a symbol of liberty and unity. It also includes an
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1910s American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Original Fight or Buy Bonds, Third Liberty Loan, Large Format vintage poster
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Spokane, WA
known for his illustrations of the "Christy Girl" in magazines like Scribners and Cosmopolitan and
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1910s American Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'The Valley of the Moon' Cosmopolitan Magazine Illustration
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
then on, he specialized in drawing and painting beautiful "Christy Girls" for McClure's and other
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1910s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache, Watercolor

The Courtship of Miles Standish
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"Christy Girls" for McClure's and other magazines. Christy's painting techniques was sumptuous
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Early 1900s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Pencil

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Howard Chandler Christy Original Pastel Drawing Signed Male Portrait Painting
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Bloomington, MN
design. He developed a recognizable style of depicting woman that became known as "Christy Girls". Today
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1910s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Abraham Lincoln Delivering the Gettysburg Address
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Graton, CA
creations included likenesses of women who would become known as "Christy Girls," similar to the famous
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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original Antique WWI Poster Fight Or Buy Bonds Third Liberty Loan "Christy Girl"
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in London, GB
artist Howard Chandler Christy is most well known for his depiction of the "Christy Girl" and as a
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Vintage 1910s American Posters

Materials

Paper

"Clear the Way !!" Fourth Liberty Loan Poster by Howard Chandler Christy, 1919
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
depicted the ideal "new woman" of the early 1900s. These female figures became known as "Christy Girls" and
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Vintage 1910s American Posters

Materials

Paper

The Cotillion
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
,” featured his illustration of a girl who became known as the “Christy Girl” which brought him instant fame
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Early 1900s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Fight Or Buy Bonds. Third Liberty Loan" WWI Poster by Howard Chandler Christy
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
were nicknamed "Christy Girls." Their lovely faces and forms graced magazine covers, sold Christy-style
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Vintage 1910s American Art Deco Posters

Materials

Paper

Fight or Buy Bonds Vintage WWI Poster by Howard Chandler Christy, circa 1917
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
one of the artist's typical "Christy Girls" waving an American flag with a backdrop of storming troops
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Vintage 1910s Posters

If You Want To Fight Join The Marines World War I Recruitment Poster, 1917
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Christy Girl," whose lovely face and form graced magazine covers, sold Christy-style apparel, and
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Vintage 1910s Historical Memorabilia

The Coquette
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
beautiful "Christy Girls" for McClure's and other magazines. Christy's painting techniques was
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20th Century Other Art Style Nude Paintings

Materials

Board, Pastel

Motor Magazine Cover
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, and from then on, he specialized in drawing and painting beautiful "Christy Girls" for McClure's and
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1920s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Woman
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, and from then on, he specialized in drawing and painting beautiful "Christy Girls" for McClure's and
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1920s Other Art Style Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Gee!! I Wish I Were A Man - I'd Join the Navy World War II Poster, circa 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
beautiful and independent Christy Girl, initially became a celebrity for the scenes he drew from the Spanish
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Vintage 1940s Posters

"Lady of the Lake" Book Illustration
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
beautiful "Christy Girls" for McClure's and other magazines. Christy's painting techniques was
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1910s Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

U.S. Marines Antique WWI Poster, "If You Want to Fight! / Join the Marines" 1915
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
well known that they were dubbed "the Christy Girl," whose lovely face and form graced magazine covers
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Vintage 1910s American Posters

Materials

Paper

"Clear the Way!" WWI Fourth Liberty Loan Poster by Howard Chandler Christy, 1919
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
the ideal "new woman." These female figures became known as "Christy Girls" and could be spotted on
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Vintage 1910s American Posters

Materials

Paper

"the Spirit of America Join" Vintage WWI Red Cross Recruitment Poster by Howard
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
that they were dubbed "the Christy Girl.” Their lovely faces and forms graced magazine covers, sold
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Vintage 1910s American Posters

Materials

Paper

"Will Rogers Memorial Fund" Vintage Patriotic Poster, circa 1935
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original, 1st edition poster by renowned “Christy Girl” artist Howard Chandler Christy
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Vintage 1930s Posters

"Joan of Arc Saved France" WWI Poster by Haskell Coffin, circa 1918
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
" was just as well known in its time as the "Christy" or "Gibson" girl. Before his stint in the poster
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Vintage 1910s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

"Fight or Buy Bonds" Vintage WWI Poster by Howard Chandler Christy, 1917
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
became so well known that they were dubbed "the Christy Girl," whose lovely face and form graced magazine
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Vintage 1910s American Posters

Materials

Paper

Original "Fight or Buy Bonds, Third Liberty Loan" vintage poster 1917
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Spokane, WA
condition. Ready to frame. This image features an image of a woman known as a ‘Christy Girl’. His wife
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1910s American Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald napping
By James Montgomery Flagg
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
beautiful American girl, but Christy, Fisher and Flagg did likewise, with each of them producing early
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pencil

Joan of Arc Saved France WWI War Savings Stamps Poster, circa 1918
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
well known in its time as the "Christy" or "Gibson" girl. Before his stint in the poster world, Coffin
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Vintage 1910s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Original Antique WWI Poster Fight or Buy Bonds Third Liberty Loan "Christy Girl"
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in London, GB
artist Howard Chandler Christy is most well known for his depiction of the "Christy Girl" and as a
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1910s More Prints

Materials

Paper

The Woman in the Next Car
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Minneapolis, MN
became famous for his artwork depicting a young woman. She became known as the "Christy girl," and
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Early 1900s Aesthetic Movement Figurative Paintings

Materials

Illustration Board, Watercolor

"Fight or Buy Bonds - Third Liberty Loan" World War 1 Original Vintage US Poster
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Boston, MA
so striking they became known as “Christy Girls.” These posters have become icons of the era, and
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1910s Realist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Howard Chandler Christy Painting of Nude from Cafe des Artistes
Located in Lenox, MA
widely known as the “Christy Girl” due to the fact that she often modeled for her husband. Chandler's
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Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Board

Vintage Patriotic League Poster
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Los Gatos, CA
in Scribner's, for which he portrayed a beautiful girl who became known as 'The Christy Girl.' Like
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Early 20th Century American Posters

Forest Pool
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Graton, CA
stylized depictions of women, popularly known as "Christy Girls." These illustrations appeared in
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Fine 19th Century French Symbolist Oil Painting Portrait of Mythological Queen
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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Late 19th Century Symbolist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

In Grateful Memory of the Brave Men Who Have Given Lives for Their Country
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Center
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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How Much is a Christy Girl?

The average selling price for a christy girl we offer is $4,937, while they’re typically $375 on the low end and $125,000 for the highest priced.